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colonial India

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    Hello from the other side: A map shows telephone connectivity in India in 1934

    John O'Brien
    · Mar 26, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • Rudolf von Leyden: The German-born cartoonist who became Bombay’s top art critic in the 1930s

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    Mollie Arbuthnot
    · Dec 16, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • ‘Their toil and sacrifices’: Why Mushirul Hasan (1949-2018) wrote about prisoners in colonial India

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    Mushirul Hasan
    · Dec 11, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • When an East India Company official was gifted an elaborate candelabra from his ‘friends in Panjab’

    When an East India Company official was gifted an elaborate candelabra from his ‘friends in Panjab’

    Malini Roy
    · Aug 15, 2018 · 11:30 pm
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    The 1915 Ghadar plan to free India from the British was a failure – but it sparked a revolution

    Haroon Khalid
    · Apr 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Photos: A book on British rule in India, banned and held seditious, was still widely translated

    Photos: A book on British rule in India, banned and held seditious, was still widely translated

    Pragya Dhital
    · Oct 07, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • In images: How photography evolved in India, from 1857 to the 21st century

    In images: How photography evolved in India, from 1857 to the 21st century

    Maria Thomas, qz.com
    · Oct 04, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • A 53-foot scroll tells the story of the 1857 mutiny (from the British perspective)

    A 53-foot scroll tells the story of the 1857 mutiny (from the British perspective)

    Swati Chattopadhyay
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